Nov 13, 2011
Samaung Mobiles have
recently launched an addition to its Galaxy series, the Samsung Galaxy Y targeted to the young college goers or 1st time android users. While
it has made this budget (Rs. 7000-Rs. 10000) scenario a bit complicated with
this launch as Galaxy Y is now the cheapest android 2.3(gingerbread) phone
available in India. This time its competition is with its own brother, the
Samsung Galaxy Fit, which was considered the fittest in budget range of Rs.
7000 – Rs.10000.
So now, we
compare this young handset, the Samsung Galaxy Y with the already fit handset,
the Samsung Galaxy fit.
Size and
design:
Samsung Galaxy
y has a dimension of (58 x 104 x 11.5 mm) and weighs around 97.5 g. , the Galaxy
fit has dimensions of (61. 2 x 110.2 x 12.6 mm) and weighs around 108.2 gram.
Display:
Samsung Galaxy
Y has a 3.0” TFT capacitive touchscreen,
featuring a colour input of 256k and a resolution of 240x320 p, while Samsung Galaxy fit comes forward with a
little big screen of 3.3-inch
with the same resolution of 240 x 320p.
Storage:
Samsung Galaxy Fit has an internal memory of 160 MB
and while that of Samsung Galaxy Y is 180 MB. Both the handsets are expandable
to 32 GB.
Camera:
Comparing the cameras, it’s a pointless job as our
young Galaxy features a 2MP autofocus camera & Galaxy fit has a 5MP camera.
However, the pixel density of Galaxy Y is higher at 133 ppi when compared to Galaxy
fit having a 121 ppi.
Processor:
Samsung Galaxy y possesses a processor of 832 MHz which is better than Galaxy
fit’s processor of 600 MHz the main difference comes while doing multitasking
and playing games.
Connectivity:
Both the handsets are 3G enabled, Wi-Fi enabled. Galaxy y
comes with an update to Bluetooth 2.0 (Galaxy fit), as this young handset has
Bluetooth 3.0. You will see the difference in data transfer and tethering. Also,
both these handsets have an A-GPS support in them.
Battery:
Galaxy fit has a Li-Ion, 1350 mAh battery giving the handset
a 10 hrs talktime on 2G and a 6 hrs on 3G. Galaxy y lags here as it only has
a Li-lon, 1200 mAh battery giving a 9 hrs talktime on 2G and a 5 hrs talktime
on 3G.
Conclusion:
Both the handsets are similar in many aspects. Given the
differences, Galaxy fit emerges as the winner. I would recommend buying Galaxy
y only if you are going to be a 1st time android user. It has every
basic thing that a beginner would need. Especially, college going students.
Price also makes a difference, so if you can shell out 3000 bucks more you will
get all that you want with Galaxy fit.
Here is a quick comparison between both:-
Galaxy
Fit
|
Galaxy Y
|
|
Operating System
|
Android v2.2 (Froyo) Upgradable to
Gingerbread
|
Android v2.3.5 (Gingerbread)
|
Processor
|
600 MHz
|
832 MHz
|
Form Factor
|
Touchscreen(Capacitive)
|
Touchscreen(Capacitive)
|
Screen Size
|
3.31 Inches
|
3 Inches
|
Resolution
|
QVGA, 240 x 320 Pixels
|
QVGA, 240 x 320 Pixels
|
Pixel Density
|
121 ppi
|
133 ppi
|
Camera
|
5 Megapixel, Video recording @ 15 fps
|
2 Megapixel, Video recording @ 15 fps
|
3G
|
Yep, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA
|
Yep, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA
|
Wi-Fi
|
Yep, 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Hotspot
|
Yep, 802.11 b/g/n
|
Bluetooth
|
Version 2.0
|
Version 3.0
|
GPS Support
|
A-GPS
|
A-GPS
with Google Maps
|
Video Calling
|
Nope
|
Nope
|
Internal Memory
|
160 MB (Expandable to 32 GB)
|
180 MB (Expandable to 32 GB)
|
Battery Type
|
Li-Ion, 1350 mAh
|
Li-lon, 1200 mAh
|
Talk Time
|
10 hrs (2G), 6 hrs (3G)
|
9 hrs (2G), 5 hrs (3G)
|
Price
|
Rs. 10500
|
Rs.6,800
|
Post Written by: Siddharth Chauhan
Nov 13, 2011 3
Nov 5, 2011
Blackberry Mobiles recently launched their latest smartphone in India, the Blackberry Curve 9360. It is said to be the slimmest Blackberry smartphone ever. Curve 9360 is powered by the latest Blackberry 7 OS, 5 MP Camera, QWERTY Keypad, 3G, Wi-fi and more. Blackberry Curve 9360 price in India is Rs.19,500.
Size
and Design:
The Curve from blackberry is has impressive
designin terms of sleekness and light weight. The phone weighs only 90g. It is
109mm long, 60mm wide and has a thickness of 11mm which is better than many
Blackberry business phones around.
Camera:
The phones feature a 5MP camera with LED
flash. There is no autofocus in the camera which is rather disappointing for a
5MP camera. The maximum image resolution is 2592*1944 pixels. Another
disappointing aspect of the camera is lack of image enhancing features but it
has the geo-tagging features. The recording capabilities of the camera are also
not of very high quality as it is able to record video with maximum VGA
resolution. There is no secondary camera for video calling.
Processor
and OS:
Blackberry Curve 9360 features a Blackberry
OS v7.0 with is rum by a decent 800 MHz processor.
Connectivity:
The phone comes with decent connectivity
features having support for 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v2.1 and micro USB
v2.0. The connectivity features are not of a high end smart phone but still
enough for not too heavy tasks.
Storage
Capacity:
The internal storage capacity of the phone
is 512MB. The processing power is supported by a 512MB of RAM which compliment
the 800MHz well. The external memory can be extended with the help of a micro
SD card up to 32GB.
Battery:
The phone features a Standard battery,
Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery that is capable of providing up to 5 hours of talk time
and up to 348hrs of standby time, the standby time is reduced to 288hrs on 3G
coverage.
Other
Features:
Other important features of the phone
include support for NFC and GPS connectivity with A-GPS and Blackberry browser. The audio player is capable of playing MP3
eAAC, WMA and WAV format while the video player plays MP4, H.263, H.264, WMV
formats.
Nov 5, 2011 2
Videocon Mobiles recently launched a very cheap Dual SIM Mobile Phone called Videocon V1531 in India. It is a low cost Dual SIM Mobile with basic features such as 1.3 MP camera, FM Radio, GPRS and expandable memory up to 8GB. Its price in India is Rs.1,800.
Size
and Design:
The phone has the simplest of design having
a length of 114.2mm and width of 51mm. The best part of the design is the long
screen. It is slightly on the thicker side having a depth of 14.2mm but holds
perfectly in hands. The other good designing aspect is the light weight of the
phone which is only 93.2g.
Display:
It features a 2.4 inch TFT screen having a
resolution of 240 x 320 Pixels with 65K color support. The display features are
the most basic but a decently large screen size is admirable.
Camera:
It features a 1.3MP camera with maximum
image resolution of 1280 x 1024 Pixels and Flash. The inclusion of flash will
give the phone a slight edge over the other Dual SIM phones, as most of them do
not include the LED flash. It also has video recording capabilities and
features Multi Shot and Night Vision modes.
Storage
Capacity:
The internal storage capacity of the phone
is only 233K. It can store up to 500 hundred text messages and about 2000
phonebook contacts. Fortunately it has a
memory card slot and support microSD memory card up to 8GB.
Connectivity:
It supports WAP and GPRS and also has Bluetooth
connectivity with A2DP profile support.
You can connect the external headset to 3.5mm audio jack. You can also
transfer the multimedia files via micro USB 2.0 support.
Battery:
The 1000mAH battery is capable of providing
up to 270 hrs of standby time and up to 5 hrs of talk time.
Other
Features:
The phone includes a Movie Juke box, it
supports MP3 audio and MP4 and 3GP video formats. It has a torch light and
conference call feature. There is also an FM Radio with recording.
Nov 1, 2011
Samsung Mobiles India recently launched another Android smartphone in India under their Galaxy Series. Samsung launched the new Samsung Galaxy S Plus I9001 in India featuring 1.4 Ghz Processor, Android 2.3 OS, 5 MP Camera, Video calling, 4 Inch Super AMOLED screen, 512 RAM, HD recording and other good smartphone features. Samsung Galaxy S Plus I9001 Price in India is Rs.22,000
Display:
Samsung Glaxy S features a Super AMOLED
capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors and a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels.
The screen size is 4.0 inches with pixel density of233 ppi pixel density. The
display is Gorilla Glass powered by TouchWiz
3.0 UI. There is support for, Multi-touch input method, the phone also has, Accelerometer
sensor for UI auto-rotate, Touch-sensitive controls and a Proximity sensor for
auto turn-off
Size and Design:
Samsung Galaxy S has sllek and slim design.
The phone is light weight with excellent built making looks. It is 122.4mm long
has a width of 64.2mm. It is only 9.9 mm in depth and weighs only 119 g.
Camera:
It is powerd by a 5 MP with a resolution
of2592 x 1944 pixels and autofocus, Geo-tagging, touch focus, The camera also
has image enhancing features such as face and smile detection and also featues geo-tagging. The Video
recording capcbility of the phone is 720p@30fps. IUt also has a seconmdry VGA
camera for video calling and self shooting.
Processor and OS:
The phone runs Android OS, v2.3
(Gingerbread) on a 1.4 GHz Scorpion processor powered by Adreno 205 GPU on a Qualcomm
MSM8255T Snapdragon.
Connectivity:
It supports 3G with HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps and HSUPA,
5.76 Mbps. There is Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot ,Bluetooth v3.0
with A2DP and v2.0 microUSB. The GPS
with A-GPS connectivity is also available.
Storage Capacity:
The internal
storage capcity of the phone is 8 GB storage with 512 MB RAM and 2 GB ROM. The
external memory can be extended up to 32GB with the help of a micro SD card.
Battery:
The Standard Li-Ion 1650battery is capcble of providing up
to Up to 750 and 625hrs of standby time on 2G and 3G covrage respectively and talk
time Up to 12 h 50 min and Up to 6 h 30 min on 2G and 3G coverage respectively.
The phone provides excellent social
networking integration, digital compass and office applications as well.
Nov 1, 2011 2
Sony Ericsson recently launched their low range music phone Sony Ericsson Mix Walkman WT13i in India. SE Mix is a java based music mobile phone with featuring a 3 Inch TFT Touchscreen, 3.15 MP Camera, Wi-Fi, Expandable memory up to 32GB and good music features. Its a mid range mobile phone and its price in India is Rs.6,700. However, I do not think that this phone has much to offer, it does not have 3G connectivity also, go for it only if you are a SE Walkman phone fan :)
Display:
It features a TFT capacitive touchscreen,
with 256K colors support. The display resolution is 240 x 400 pixels on a
decently large 3.0 inches screen having a pixel density of 155 ppi. The display
features a Scratch-resistant surface. It has an accelerometer sensor for
auto-rotate and a proximity sensor for auto turn-off.
Size
and Design:
The phone is a bulky one but still has an
elegant look. It is quiet thick but yet very light. You feel like having a
powerful sound engine in your hands. It is just 95.8mm long, has a width of
about 52.8mm but quiet thick with total depth of about 14.3mm. Yet the best
part of the design is the light weight which is just 88g.
Camera:
It features a 3.15 MP having maximum image
capturing resolution of 2048x1536 pixels. It records video with maximum QVGA
resolution. The unfortunate part of the camera is the lack of autofocus and LED
flash. The lesser camera capabilities don’t make it a
high end entertainment phone.
Connectivity:
It doesn’t support the 3G connectivity but
has Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g ,Bluetoothv2.1 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0.
Storage
Capacity:
The internal storage capacity of the phone
is 256 MB with only a 100 MB user available but external memory can be extended
up to 32 GB via micro SD card.
Battery:
It features a Standard Li-Ion 1000mAh
battery with up to 465 h of stand by time and up to 9 h 40 min of talk time. You
can enjoy not stop music play up to 13 h
Other
Features:
The phone also features Stereo FM radio
with RDS, SensMe, SNS Integration, Track ID music recognition and available in
wide range of colors likeBlack with pink cloud band, Black with pink band Black
with green band Black with green bird band.
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